1) I use the following website when we are working on research papers. Students can select a source, type their bibliographical information into the boxes, and print a works cited page. http://easybib.com/ Cathy Shealy
English I and II
3) This website would be a useful source for reading William Bradford’s Plymouth Plantation. It has pictures, articles, videos, and other materials that give background information about the Pilgrims and early Colonial life. http://www.plimoth.org/
Malcolm Peckler
English III
4) This website gives background information about early Pilgrim history, some primary source materials, and includes a passenger list of the people who came over on the Mayflower. Students could preview these sites and write a report of their findings, create a travel brochure, or create a first person narrative using facts and citing documents found on these sites. http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/
Malcolm Peckler
English III
5) These are useful sites for reading Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Both contain background information, primary source materials, pictures, videos, and even a quiz. Students could preview these sites and write a report of their findings, create a newspaper documenting a specific event or person (incorporating pictures/ads, etc.), or create a first person narrative using facts and citing documents found on these sites. http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/ and http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/
Malcolm Peckler
English III
6) I use this source in conjunction with a poet/poetry research project with freshmen. This site gives exposure to well-known, more modern poets that are often harder to find information on in the library or on DISCUS. www.poets.org
Adam Jankowski
English I
8) This is a great site about translations of Beowulf. I use it to show the original text and then play the sound file of the reading of it. Then we discuss similarities to our English and aspects of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Also it is interesting to compare translations. I had a test essay section about translations; this could be a great source for that. http://www.beowulftranslations.net/benslade.shtml
David Poynor
English IV
English Curriculum Links
1) I use the following website when we are working on research papers. Students can select a source, type their bibliographical information into the boxes, and print a works cited page. http://easybib.com/
Cathy Shealy
English I and II
2) This is a great activity to parallel the study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It allows the students to explore the narrative genre by literally "walking in someone else's shoes."
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/spend-shoes-exploring-role-265.html?tab=1#tabs
Jennifer Bentley
English II
3) This website would be a useful source for reading William Bradford’s Plymouth Plantation. It has pictures, articles, videos, and other materials that give background information about the Pilgrims and early Colonial life. http://www.plimoth.org/
Malcolm Peckler
English III
4) This website gives background information about early Pilgrim history, some primary source materials, and includes a passenger list of the people who came over on the Mayflower. Students could preview these sites and write a report of their findings, create a travel brochure, or create a first person narrative using facts and citing documents found on these sites. http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/
Malcolm Peckler
English III
5) These are useful sites for reading Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Both contain background information, primary source materials, pictures, videos, and even a quiz. Students could preview these sites and write a report of their findings, create a newspaper documenting a specific event or person (incorporating pictures/ads, etc.), or create a first person narrative using facts and citing documents found on these sites. http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/ and http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/
Malcolm Peckler
English III
6) I use this source in conjunction with a poet/poetry research project with freshmen. This site gives exposure to well-known, more modern poets that are often harder to find information on in the library or on DISCUS. www.poets.org
Adam Jankowski
English I
7) This is a timeline that is interactive. I give it to students as a study tool only, in preparation for unit tests. But it could easily be used to discover an event and then begin to research it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/british/index_embed.shtml
David Poynor
English IV
8) This is a great site about translations of Beowulf. I use it to show the original text and then play the sound file of the reading of it. Then we discuss similarities to our English and aspects of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Also it is interesting to compare translations. I had a test essay section about translations; this could be a great source for that. http://www.beowulftranslations.net/benslade.shtml
David Poynor
English IV